This last bottleneck was the most popular of the talk. Literally every business owner in the room had their hands up, as a confession that they themselves were a bottleneck (even the main bottleneck) in their business.Here’s how CEO bottlenecks tend to form:Projects require too much of your time or your input to move forward, and […]
Tell me if this sounds familiar: You, as a CEO have a great idea — a new project, something you want to do — and you bring it up to the team, you have some discussion…and it fizzles out and somehow you end up doing things the same old way you’ve always done. Or, sometimes the “silent […]
The 2nd bottleneck I want to talk about is a team member bottleneck. Many of us are all too familiar with this one.What does a team-member bottleneck look like in your business?Here’s 3 common ways that it appears: 1. You have a team member who is just not reliable. They blow-due-dates with enough regularity that you […]
Back in March I spoke at Todd Herman’s 90 Day Year Live event in La Jolla, CA on Breaking the 4 Bottlenecks That’ll Keep You From Scaling Your Business. This blog series is drawn from that talk. Business owners usually call me pretty much when they reach a crunch point in their scaling. That’s the […]
Remember how it used to feel to land customers? (A little like this?)Those were heady days. But these days…it’s a little different:“This sounds crazy to say, but if we take in even more more premium client, I think my team will implode.”“From the client side, it might look like we have our act together, but let […]
“It might look like we have our act together, but let me tell you, back here, everything’s a fire drill.” I hear some version of this with nearly every client I worth with. It’s usually why they make the choice to start working with me to improve their ops. Not only is it the top pain […]
Work with a freelancer? Chances are that’s a Yes (or the freelancer might even be you). As the gig economy attracts more and more workers, there’s growing demand on businesses to get it right when it comes using freelancers. Over on the Redbooth blog, I’ve assembled a little resource for you. Learn how to: use frelancer talent […]
You know you’ve arrived when… your business is facing growing pains. But as problems go, these are good problems to have! If you’re looking to scale — and craving expert advice — I have a round-up for that, over on the Redbooth blog. What’s there? Advice on scaling a service-based business, including a roadmap for […]
Managing a client project? Here are some tips to keep the project running smoothly.. Brought to you by Redbooth.com:
It’s here! My first infographic debuted over on the Redbooth blog. Does your business work directly with clients? Then you’ll want to have a look at this. It’s 4 steps to delighting your brand-new clients (and saving your sanity). Brought to you by Redbooth.com:
We love to hate them, but we all got ’em. Meetings. Over on the Redbooth blog, I check out what’s new in meeting management. Need some help crafting your meeting agenda? Know what to do immediately after your meeting is over? (Or: are you looking to ditch meetings entirely)? Got you covered. Read the article here.
It’s no secret that I rely on Redbooth to manage my business life, and it’s my #1 recommendation to clients team-size and bigger, to manage their daily collaboration and to-do items. A few weeks back, I exchanged tweets with Redbooth’s CEO about Redbooth’s new integration with Evernote. His question: Had I used it yet? Why yes, […]
